TRUST YOURSELF. CREATE THE KIND OF SELF THAT YOU WILL BE HAPPY TO LIVE WITH ALL YOUR LIFE
– Golda Meir
ENDOCRINOLOGY, a 13 letter word but takes 100 of words for it to be explain. I have read several books and I also went to different web sites about endocrinology and the terms that I always encounter are endocrine system, glands and HORMONES. I guess these three words are inseparable from each other. So let’s now see the relationship of these three and why they are always together? I hope I could answer and explain it to you guys. Please help us GOD.
ENDOCRINOLOGY is the formal study about the different glands in the body and the secretion that they produce which is called HORMONE. The endocrine system is the one that makes the glands secrete hormones and is the one that helps in placing the secretion of the hormones to the blood stream for it to react with its specific receptor. There are several organs that are involved in the endocrine system that secrete hormones:
1. Hypothalamus and Pituitary gland
2. Thyroid gland
3. Pancreas
4. Adrenal glands
5. Gonads or sex organs
6. Pineal gland
For further discussion about the role, functions, and secretion of hormone produce, please click http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/endocrin.htmLINK
A hormone plays a very important role on body processes that are happening in our body. They participate in our growth development, maturity and puberty, metabolism homeostasis and even in our behavior (G. J. Tortora et al) and other processes. Hormones are considered as chemical messenger because they are capable of interacting to its receptor (hormones also posses specificity too) then binds with it thus producing a certain reactions that are helpful in our development.
We all know that anything that is in excess or in insufficient isn’t good right? So if there is too much or too low production of hormones in our system, it could cause some problems to us that could result to illness and could lead to life-threatening conditions. Here are some diseases of the endocrine system:
- Diabetes
- Gigantism
- Osteoporosis
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Hypo/hyperthyroidism
For more examples and for further discussions of the diseases given above please visit this site: http://www.hormone.org/endocrine_system_diseases.cfm
I hope that my simple article could help you guys out there so thank you so much for visiting and reading out my blog. Take care and GOD BLESS.
References:
Michael L. Bishop et al: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, PRINCIPLES, CORRELATIONS SIXTH EDITION
Donald F. Calbreath: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY A Fundamental Textbook
Gerard J. Tortora et al: PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 12TH EDITION
